A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#0A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 12:33pm
I just saw this at Playbill.com:
"Variety reports that New Line hopes to distribute a remake that would feature a script and direction by Diane English. Mick Jagger will co-produce with Victoria Pearman and Christopher Eberts.
The industry paper says that Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Sandra Bullock and Ashley Judd are currently in negotiations to star in the film. Uma Thurman may also be part of the starry cast.
About the Luce work, writer English told Variety, "The original was funny but very mean-spirited. It was Luce's attack on her gender. The catalyst of the story is still one of the women discovering her husband is having an affair, and the reaction of her friends. Unless I screw it up, there's a built-in audience for this movie." English is best known as the creator and writer of the Emmy-winning series "Murphy Brown."
Aside, PERHAPS from Annette Benning, none of those women have any business going anywhere near that classic movie. It's going to be AWFUL!!! They must be stopped.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#1re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 12:34pmI say BOYCOTT!
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#2re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 12:36pmSee, I like Ashley Judd a lot and I think she'd be fine. *hides*
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#3re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 12:36pmThe original is PERFECT !!!! We don't need another remake of classics !!!!
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#4re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 12:36pmso this woudl be what? "The Women" done with flowery sinshine and happiness with no cattiness?? Umm.. no.
#5re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 12:50pmI like the theater revival where I got to see Jennifer Tilly's snatch!
'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston
#6re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 12:51pmNONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
CurtainUp2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/04
#7re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 12:52pmYou know who'd be good? Alicia Silverstone and Mandy Moore.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Nelson Mandela
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#8re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 12:53pm
THE WOMEN has already been redone as a Hollywood MGM Musical, THE OPPOSITE SEX (1956)--which included MALE roles!
A very young Joan Collins played Crystal, the old Joan Crawford part.
The film quietly died at the box office and faded from view quickly--to the best of my knowledge, it is not available on tape or DVD.
For more information, please see:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0049578/
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#9re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 12:54pmRath--i know YOU could appreciate the sexiness of Jennifer Tilly standing up in the bathtub, bubbles and water dribbling down her perfectly flat stomach. I almost turned straight!
'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#10re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 12:56pmI love Jennifer Tilly. Passionately.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#11re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 12:57pmSorry to disillusion you. She doesn't do it for me.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#12re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:03pmThis has been rumored for years. Is it finally on the fast track? And does anyone really want to see Meg Ryan in ANYTHING?
PEACE.
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#13re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:04pmAfter In The Cut, no. Really no.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
#14re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:06pmMust....not...scream....
#15re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:07pm
This is the problem now. Nobody has any more ideas for new films, so they are going to start remaking all the classics.
If they remake Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, Breakfast at Tiffany's etc heads will roll.
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#16re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:15pm
To my knowledge there has never been a satisfactory remake of a classic film.
The good remakes were lousy first tries that did in fact need some improvement.
This is almost a rule in Hollywood.
And who wants to see these characters NICE? That's what made them so much fun. They were 'feline' as Jackie O was once overheard to say.
Ain't there no decency left?
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable."
--Carrie Fisher
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#17re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:16pmWho said anything about the remake being nice?
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#18re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:22pm
One example of a satisfactory remake of a classic film might be STATE FAIR (1945), the musical version of STATE FAIR (1933).
Remake has excellent songs while retaining story, comedy and "folksiness" quality found in the original.
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
MasterLcZ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
#19re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:22pm
Mary-Ethel, I gotta admit, I kinda like THE OPPOSITE SEX. Any film with Joan Collins, Joan Blondell, Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller, Dolores Grey & Charlotte Greenwood in it HAS to have SOME fabulousness quotient. And I actually like June Allyson too. Just not here!
I think Jon Peters tried to get the go-ahead on the late 1970s remake of THE WOMEN - Barbra, Racquel Welch, Julie Christie and Cher.
Not quite as fagtabulous as the proposed JAZZ BABY with Barbra, Liza and Miss Ross (as three singers in Paris in the 1920s) but close.
"Christ, Bette Davis?!?!"
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#20re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:25pmTo each his own, but IMO, June Allyson is sweet enough to give people diabetes! :)
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
MasterLcZ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
#21re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:28pmIn the 50s she was pretty gag-inducing, but I really love her in her very early 40s MGM films like BEST FOOT FORWARD and TWO GIRLS AND A SAILOR. She sounds like Rice Krispies if it could talk.
"Christ, Bette Davis?!?!"
Updated On: 10/20/04 at 01:28 PM
junglered
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#22re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:30pm
no, No, NO. Absolutely, not!!! There is absolutely no way to improve on this classic. Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, Joan Crawford, Joan Fontaine...were all amazing in this film. Please let's leave The Women alone.
Don't make me use my claws on this one!
-Junglered
#23re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:32pm
jungle - I would ONLY agree if one of the women was Tracy Quartermaine... 
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#24re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:34pmAhhhhh Jungle...I was waiting for you to surface on this thread. We MUST stop this my friend.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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